Tuesday, April 29, 2014

With every fruit, flower and leafy green bursting from the soil, Aggies
are fulfilling the land-grant mission of Texas A&M University at Howdy Farm,
a student-run sustainable farming project on West Campus providing the
community with fresh produce and education about the merits of local
agriculture. Read the complete article here.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Do you have old cell phones, ink cartridges or other devices that you
need to get rid of? In honor of Earth Day, Texas A&M Information
Technology and the Environmental Issues Committee (EIC) have partnered
to make it easy to recycle your e-waste on campus now
through April 24.Drop off items at our collection bins in the Student Computing Center, General
Services Complex and the computer labs at West Campus Library, Blocker
and Zachry.

For more information about the Earth Day campaign and a full list of items you can recycle, visit u.tamu.edu/earthday.

Please make sure to clear all data from any phones, flash drives, cameras or laptops before recycling.

View the photo gallery for the 2014 Department of
Horticultural Sciences Scholarship and Awards Reception, the Pi Alpha Xi
initiation, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards
Convocation held during Parent's Weekend, April 12 and 13, 2014.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Neal Lane, former director of the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy, will present “Giving Science Advice to the
President –and Why It’s Getting Harder” at 4 p.m. Thursday
(April 10) in Room 215 of the Animal Industries Building at Texas
A&M University. Sponsored by the Texas Center for Climate Studies and
the College of Geosciences.
Lane’s lecture will focus on the role of science adviser to the
president and how that role is affected by societal forces. He will also
discuss current challenges to the United States science and technology
enterprise.

Lane is currently the Malcolm Gillis University Professor of Physics
and Astronomy, and Senior Fellow in the Baker Institute for Public
Policy at Rice University. He was appointed Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy, where he served under President Bill
Clinton from 1998 to 2001.

He previously served as director of the National Science Foundation
from 1993 to 1998. Lane became an assistant professor of physics at Rice
University in 1966. He left Rice in 1984 to become chancellor of the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, but returned to Texas in
1986 to serve as provost of Rice until 1992. ------------------------------------------------

Renowned environmental activist McKibben to

lecture on climate change causes and
solutions

Bestselling author and educator Bill McKibben, who the Boston Globe

called one of the United States' most important environmentalists, will

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Students studying horticulture, landscape architecture, business with an
emphasis in landscape or nursery management, sustainability, irrigation, pest management, and other related disciplines are invited to apply for the TNLA E&R Foundation scholarship! Scholarships in the amount of $1000 or more will be awarded to pay for higher education expenses . Students can be a high school
senior or currently enrolled in college to apply. Deadline: May 1st, 2014